Taking birth control pills during menstruation

In daily life, many women take oral contraceptives for a long time for contraception. Contraceptives are a relatively special kind of medicine and cannot be taken casually. There are many things to pay attention to when taking long-term contraceptives, otherwise it will cause some impact on women's physical health. When women are menstruating, they can stop taking contraceptives because menstruation is not the ovulation period.

The dangers of taking birth control pills during menstruation

Increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstrual period:

It often occurs in people taking long-acting oral contraceptives. Hemostatic drugs can be used when bleeding is heavy. If the menstrual volume continues to increase and bleeding continues for more than 3 months, you should stop taking long-acting oral contraceptives and take short-acting ones instead.

Breakthrough bleeding:

If bleeding occurs while taking medication, it usually occurs after missing a dose. A small number of people may experience vaginal bleeding even if they have not missed a dose. If it occurs in the first half of the menstrual cycle, it may be bleeding due to estrogen deficiency.

Decreased menstrual flow or amenorrhea:

This situation often occurs after taking short-acting contraceptives. This is because the drugs inhibit ovulation, the ovaries secrete less estrogen, the amount of estrogen contained in the drugs is also less, the endometrium cannot grow normally, the endometrium is thin, so the menstrual flow is reduced, or even menstruation stops.

What women should not do during menstruation

1. Try not to wash your hair during menstruation.

If you have to wash your hair, try to wash it at noon and be sure to blow dry it immediately after washing.

2. Keep warm during menstruation

That is to say, use the air conditioner less and wear more clothes in the air-conditioned room.

3. Avoid drinking cold drinks:

This is very basic common sense. Never violate it and don't joke about your own beauty. Drinking ice water will prevent the dirty blood from being discharged smoothly, and it will definitely be harmful to the body if it remains in the body. Try the following drinks to make your menstrual period more comfortable: longan and red date tea, health tea, Zhenwei ginseng, brown sugar ginger water, astragalus and wolfberry tea, rose tea (especially if you have menstrual cramps, you can drink some rose tea).

4. Eat some sweets:

Eat chocolate and cake during menstruation, because it is less likely to gain weight if you eat sweets during menstruation! It can also help metabolize dirty blood.

5. Avoid fatigue:

It is important to get enough rest. Excessive fatigue can lead to prolonged menstrual period or excessive blood loss.

6. Don’t be too emotional:

It is said that girls will naturally be in a bad mood during their menstrual period, but don't indulge yourself in losing your temper, because losing your temper will disrupt your menstrual period and hurt your liver.

7. Avoid taking a bath in a tub:

Because the cervix is ​​more open during menstruation and is also more susceptible to contamination, it is best to take a shower.

8. Good food during menstruation:

You can eat more sesame oil pork liver in the first few days of your menstrual period to help excrete waste blood. You can eat kidney with sesame oil in the next few days. In addition, sesame oil scrambled eggs with basil is also a good food during menstruation. Red bean soup, longan soup, and eight-treasure porridge are all good snacks, and fermented rice wine and eggs are also very good. In the later stages of your menstrual period, you can consider drinking some Shenghua Tang (the kind you drink during menstruation, not the kind you drink during confinement, just ask a Chinese medicine store), which can help your body to completely drain the dirty blood. If the dirty blood in the body is not discharged cleanly, long-term accumulation can easily cause diseases such as endometritis, liver disease, and lupus erythematosus.